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Christ Church

Built in 1705 (Carpenter Gothic). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.

From the record

“Christ Church, founded in 1705, is a historic Episcopal parish located at 61 East Main Street in Oyster Bay, New York. Several church buildings have occupied this site, including one that served as soldiers' barracks during the Revolutionary War.”

Wikipedia article Christ Church (Oyster Bay, New York), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 156 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2018 · category: District · built in 1705, Carpenter Gothic.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 61 E Main St., Oyster Bay, 11771
  • When was it listed? November 2018
  • Category. district
  • Town. Oyster Bay town
  • When was it built? 1705
  • Architectural style. Carpenter Gothic
  • National Register reference number. 100003115 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Christ Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 31 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined102
Arson/incendiarism31
Natural28
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Smoking17
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
6 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution2.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2014Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
4 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
30 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
3 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Christ Church: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
L I Tungsten Corp/ Glen Cove, N.Y.TungstenUnknown

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this property

7 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oyster Bay, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindOyster Bay$5,000Trees were reported down throughout town.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindOyster Bay$1,000Tree down on Mill River Road with cones put in place around tree.
July 2005Flash FloodOyster Bay-Flash flooding of streets.
July 2003Flash FloodOyster Bay-The Nassau County Office of Emergency Management reported flooding near Oyster Bay High School.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindOyster Bay-Powerful airmass thunderstorms developed during the evening hours. Numerous trees and power lines were downed over Orange County. As the storms moved into northern Nassau County, violent winds downed more trees and power lines. At a festival in Oyster Bay a large tent, with about 70 people inside, was blown over.
December 2000Thunderstorm WindOyster Bay-no account filed
August 1999Thunderstorm WindOyster Bay-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
First Presbyterian Church of Oyster Bayunder 500 feet1976
Moore's Buildingunder 500 feet1996
Raynham Hall0.2 miles1974
US Post Office-Oyster Bay0.3 miles1989
Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable0.3 miles2005
Adam-Derby House0.5 miles1979

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100003115 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Nassau CountyAll 156 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.